“Grey’s” has lost its voice, alas its voiceover remains

So here we are again, Meredith and Derek are still apart, but haven’t decided if they’re done. Except I thought they were pretty over at the end of last season. Way to make it feel like this show is treading water.

The double loss of Isaiah Washington and Kate Walsh is definitely felt. A scene in the beginning even makes light of it when Derek asks Miranda to go out for a drink because all his friends are gone.

Seems like something else is gone, too, and that would be the fun. The initial romance of M&D kept people watching. Now, that’s gone, replaced by wild medical cases that are stolen from bad, late-season “ER” episodes. When’s a helicopter going to take off someone’s arm?

Though the annoying voiceover talks about change, this show seems unwilling to really change. It’s stuck in the same tailspin it was in at the end of last season. The introduction of Meredith’s half-sister Lexi offers hope and she is the only character that seems to break a smile in the whole season premiere. Anybody else disappointed?